(AP Photo/Jessica Hill). Connecticut's Azurá Stevens (23) reacts after a basket during the first half of a second-round game against Quinnipiac in the NCAA women's college basketball tournament in in Storrs, Conn., Monday, March 19, 2018.

(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey). Nevada guard Hallice Cooke (13) and forward Elijah Foster (12) celebrate at the end end of the second half of a second-round game against Cincinnati, in the NCAA college basketball tournament in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, March...

The Sweet 16 field is set after a roller coaster ride of an opening weekend in the NCAA Tournament.More >>

The Sweet 16 field is set after a roller coaster ride of an opening weekend in the NCAA Tournament.More >>

Sherman is an especially interesting study. His highest scoring games this season (29, 21, 21, 20) have all been in losses. If you have a 6'11" senior center doing that plus pulling down eight or nine rebounds in losses, it's a sign you have a lot of work to do on the recruiting trail.

Meanwhile, Virginia (22-5, 13-1) continues doing Virginia-type things - making opponents feel like they're having teeth pulled and showing up at the last possible second to pull out wins. The team is a perfect representative of the political capital of America.

No. 1 Syracuse at No. 5 Duke, 7 p.m.

The sequel will be just as good as the original, but don't count on another attendance record. Syracuse plays in an airplane hangar. Duke plays in a closet, and that is a genuine compliment.

The debate about who is the best freshman in the country - Parker or Syracuse's Tyler Ennis - won't be decided in this game. Or maybe it will.

Forget best freshman. Both of these guys are in serious consideration for best overall player in America.

Sunday game

Florida State at Pitt, 6 p.m.

Pitt (20-6, 8-5) has dropped out of the top 25, and FSU has dropped out of ACC Weekend's list of teams that could give the conference a heart attack.

Actually, such a list never existed, but in the off chance the Seminoles (15-11, 6-8) had pulled off a few big upsets (and they still can), ACCW would have retroactively taken credit for calling that shot.